get your celebrity fix tonight on "showbiz tonight." it is next. and then tomorrow wake up your news on "morning express" with me, robin meade. making news, breaking today on "showbiz tonight" -- a mistress tv show? the unbelievable reports today. jesse james' alleged mistress and one of tiger woods' alleged mistresses are shopping a reality show. are you kidding? the fired up outrage today. should these women get a tv show? romance with the stars? aaron and maxim, chad and sheryl, even pam and damion. >> it's a very romantic sexy relationship. >> reports today that these "dancing with the stars" duos are dating. are these pairs really paring

off? or is it a move to pump up ratings? "showbiz" investigates. and the brand-new explosive dr. drew/lindsay lohan controversy today. why the celebrity rehab doctor would set lindsay up to have her thrown in jail. tv's most provocative entertainment news show starts right now! >> hello i'm a.j. hammer coming to you from new york city. >> hi, there, everyone. i'm brooke anderson in hollywood with big news breaking today. mistress reality tv raucous. >> yeah, you know, brooke, it almost sounds like the start of a bad joke. two mistresses walk onto the set of a reality tv show, but i'm hear to tell you this is no joke. today "showbiz tonight" tonight can confirm reports that one of tiger woods' alleged mistresses, along with the woman who's at the center of the jesse james'

cheating scandal, are in talks to star in their own reality tv show. this would be like a celebrity version of the show "cheaters" in just a few moment, we're going to go one on one with a big-time reality tv producers behind this controversial show. right now in the mistress reality show still being shopped around, but we can tell you that this idea, itself, is sparking a whole new fury over these alleged mistresses cashing in on celebrity cheating scandals. it's a proposed reality tv trash-fest that could make "jersey shore" -- >> go out and find the hottest veto and take him home. >> -- look like "sesame street." tmz first reported and "showbiz tonight" has confirmed today that alleged tiger woods' mistress jamie jungers and alleged jesse james' mistress michelle box shell mcgee have been offered their own reality show. a spin-off of sorts of that guilty pleasure reality show

"cheaters" portrayed lovers combined by crew, catch their cheating significant others in the act. >> i'm carrying a baby and you're going off with a bitch to the -- >> this is actually coming to people from the creator of "cheaters." his name is bobby goldstein. this show is called "celebrity cheaters." >> tmz's anita parker tells "showbiz tonight" the show is in its earliest stages. >> right now, nothing's been filmed or signed just yet. just this idea. >> "showbiz tonight" can tell you, the mistresses' new reality show offer is just more proof that, if you want to be famous and you don't have any talent or a sex tape, then sleeping with a famous celebrity is a sure-fired ticket to stardom -- and cash. >> this is like the year of the mistresses for like whatever reason. >> after reportedly selling her story about her alleged affair with jesse james, michelle "bombshell" mcgee recently scored an interview with e. , online. >> no i'm not a home wrecker. >> and booked to resume her topless dancing career this friday at a los angeles strip

club. for a $5,000 payday. >> i met tiger woods in 2005. >> as for jamie jungers, her alleged fling with tiger woods, not only got her on the "today" show, she scored a web ad. >> since, i, seriously, guys, this is fun. you haven't tried this, at least once. >> and she even got the ultimate in star treatment, a glamour photo shoot in "vanity fair." so when you think about how much fame these women have gotten from their trashy alleged affairs, a reality show really seems like the next logical step. >> i think they're in it for fame and they're also in it to hopefully cash out. i think they definitely want to be famous about it but they also want you to know financial stability based off of this guy's infidelity. >> so, the question becomes, in a reality show genre, where the mantra is the trashier the better, can two reality tv homewreckers become big moneymakers? tmz's nina parker, says

definitely. >> something that a lot of people are probably going to oppose but at the same time still watch. >> when you get home all of that stuff will be out on the front porch. you're not coming back in that house. >> and tmz's nina parker thinks that the possibility of getting busted on camera "cheaters'" style might make famous married guys think twice about cheating. >> maybe this will spark monogamy in hollywood. >> if and if these two can't scare wanna-be cheaters into staying faithful, no one can. >> one of the big questions that remains is this, will anybody really want to watch a reality show hosted by alleged celebrity mistresses? joining me now by phone is the big-time reality tv producer, who is hoping to bring "celebrity cheaters" to television, bobby goldstein. hey, bobby, good to talk with you. and i've got to tell you, when the news first broke today that a "celebrity cheaters'" show was into works with michelle "bombshell" mcgee with jamie jungers, i've got to be honest, i was mortfide, because i

thought, how can these two women be rewarded for what they've done? which was unacceptable, but, bobby, you've got a bigger mission in mind here, than just money, than just success, right? >> caller: i really do. i don't think they're going to be rewarded. i think they're going to show they're suffering and repent and help others follow the path of the righteous. >> so you don't think that they are after this because they're desperate for money or they want to extend their 15 minutes of fame? >> caller: they're going to enjoy some reward from it, but as they mature, these rewards are going to fall by the wayside and the real reward they're going to get is that, which is going to come from living a pius life. >> you do have a bigger purpose here, and that is very commendable, but i'm sure you understand at the same time, bobby, that these two women are just an example of the many women who seem to be capitalizing on celebrity cheating scandals on the destruction of people's marriages. that part of it really -- it doesn't sit well with me. do you think that people at home

are going to want to see a show hosted by homewreckers? >> caller: i think when they do see the show, they're going to be thinking about it before they act out in an opportunity that they have, and it's going to be very discouraging for them. and it's going to be a form of operrant conditioning, so that when these rats have a choice to eat that cheese, they're going to realize that it comes with an aftershock later, and i think the long-term effects will be a positive one, not a negative one. >> out of all of the women that have come forward recently -- and there have been a lot of them -- to sell their stories, why did you pick these two women? how did it happen that it's going to be michelle "bombshell" mcgee and jamie jungers? >> caller: i think they were the freshest ones that were picked from the yard on this deal. and they also sort of represent the demographic that crosses all -- you know, the entire spectrum. and so they were a good representative, a good sample, of what had to pick from but there's a lot -- there are many

others that obviously could fill their shoes. >> but do you see how some people are skeptical? and i've got to be frank with you, some people are angry that women like this, alleged mistresses, are going to be able to, you know, pad their bank accounts a little bit after they've had such a scandal, and after they've set such a poor example for others. >> caller: i think you have to decide whether they're culprits or victims, and in this particular case, that's going to have to develop and shake out over a period of time. also, they can be restored to virtuous people and that's going to be an important part of my mission. >> so have they signed on? is it official? >> caller: i can't really say that they've signed anything, but i think it's official that they're very likely to sit in that saddle once the show gets launched. >> yeah, i'm sure that they are grateful for the opportunity, and, bobby, i know you've had a lot of success with the show "cheaters" the original show "cheaters." are you worried at all that that's going to be hard to find a network to pick up "celebrity

cheaters," or is there no congress, no anxiety about that? >> caller: i would have been worried two or three years ago, but with what's gone on in the media in the last year or two, every show out look like an adultery show, every magazine show is talking about nothing but adultery and who has been caught this week. i think that everything out there the is starting to look like more and more like cheaters every day so no, i don't think it will be a problem. >> well, you've got a on noble cause. you want to turn these women into virtuous people. you've got an admirable mission. bobby goldstein, thanks for your time. we really appreciate it. >> caller: thanks for having me, brooke. >> and now i want to bring in med win charles who is a legal contributor for "in-session" on our sister network trutv. joining me now from new york. midwin, bobby made his case there, he did, do you think that people at home, though, will want to see this show? >> well, i think it's interesting, brooke. i think that people will want to see it, after all it's been all we've been hearing about for months on and on. and in fact a year or two.

let's not forget there are politicians in the mix too in terms of having infidelity and mistresses, and people are, for whatever reason, fascinated by this topic. so i think people will watch the show. >> well, what do you think about this? can you see these controversial women actually being able to redeem themselves on a real tv show? >> i don't know about redemption. i mean i'm always one for people you know trying to do better and trying to recover from a bad situation. but at the end of the day, this whole pius business that he was talking about, i think is interesting. had these women been pius and righteous they wouldn't have a reality show in the works. so bad behavior, unfortunately in today's society, is rewarded. it is rewarded financially, it is rewarded with opportunity. >> midwin charles, thank you. >> thank you. and now we to turn it over to you. we want to know what you think. it is our expect "showbiz tonight" poll. tiger woods and jesse james' alleged mistresses, should they get a reality show? please vote

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wow. what, dad? >> an 11-year-old playing with knives. and that's not all. she wears and beats up grown-ups, so is this pint-sized "kick-ass" movie hero a bad role model? welcome back to "showbiz tonight" i'm brooke anderson with a.j. hammer in new york. >> and, brooke, today it's a "kick-ass" controversy. the new movie is based on a comic people all about regular people becoming superheroes and this thing's got everyone talking. now the heroine of the movie is it girl. she's an 11-year-old who spews four-letter words and beats up grown men. the violence the swearing is it just too much for a preteen? >> that is the new superhero around, where's the skirt and hasn't hit puberty. >> who are you? >> i'm it girl. >> not everyone loves the pint-size superhero who is the breakout star from the new movie

"kick ass." about regular people who dress up and fight crime. >> leave him alone. >> bring it on! >> in the film the 11-year-old hit girl uses profanity, breaks one of the biggest language taboos left on screen, in addition to doing things to movie villains we can't show on the air. >> hey, i have one of those. >> violence and her language outraged people around the world. like the english film critic who called her, "one of the most disturbing icons and damaging role models in the history cinema." one of the men who created the story, defends his preview heroine. >> she's an 11-year-old, an assassin and got a foul mouth. more than than just issue that it's an empowerment. a young girl, instead of being abusd or molested she's the one who takes the vigilante role. >> and neutral observers see hit girl as a complicated character. >> i don't think there's a real

simplistic answer to hit girl. on the one hand, the film is extremely violent and her flippant use of the "c" word is unacceptable, but on the other hand, the fact that this character is able to breakout the box, the norm of what we see for girls and women on screen, i find that quite empowering and refreshing. >> i think i'm in love with her, dude. >> and the actress who plays hit girl 13-year-old may have loss ler baby teeth while she was filming the part but she says she and the parents knew what she was going into. >> i read it and i was like, i have to be hit girl, you know? who wouldn't want to be hit girl. she's amazing. >> either way, hit girl is expected to be a major hit in theaters. >> i have to tell you the brilliant young actress who plays hit girl she tells "showbiz tonight" if she really swore like her character does she'd be ground for life, brooke. >> i would hope so. a.j., i can tell you that a lot of our "showbiz tonight" on-call callers wants to kick the butts

of tiger woods and jesse james' alleged mistresses. >> yeah, brooke, listen to what vicki calling from nebraska is saying. she does not buy jesse james' mistresses story that she thought he was still married. >> caller: if she even knew whop jesse james was she knew he was married. the whole world knew he was married to sandra bullock evin a foreign country you knew it. >> thanks a lot, vicki. >> a.j., lisa calling from florida, points her finger squarely at the men. >> caller: i think that everybody should get off all of the mistresses and look at men who are committing the acts of adultery, because these women can be told anything by men and a lot of times women will listen to what they want to hear. so i'm not going to put the blame all on the women myself. jesse, tiger and all of them sorts, they are the ones that are married and they should have told, you know, the marriage. >> thank you, lisa. call us at showbiz on-call. let us know what you think or

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now on "showbiz tonight" -- the explosive dr. drew/lindsay lohan controversy today. the celebrity rehab doctor's bold, shocking intervention plan set lindsay up and throw her in jail. romance with "the stars?" erin and maksim, chad and cheryl and pam and damien. some the "dancing with the stars" couples are doing a little more than than just the tango. so are these pairs really paring off, or is it just a move to pump up the ratings? >> it says right here on the cover of "people," "it's a hot romance." >> hot. >> is it a hot friendship?

what is it? is it hot in any way? >> it depends on what day you get us on. >> kate's change of heart. new kate gosselin revlations today about what life was really like with jon. plus, more stories breaking from the "showbiz tonight" news ticker. tv's most provocative entertainment news show continues right now! welcome back to "showbiz tonight." it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm a.j. hammer coming to you from new york city. >> and i'm brooke anderson in hollywood, with big news breaking today. "celebrity rehab" controversy. >> yeah, this is pretty amazing, brooke. today famed celebrity rehab doctor, dr. drew pinsky is now defending his controversial suggestion that lindsay lohan be thrown in jane for her own good. now wait until you hear what lindsay's dad is telling us about dr. drew's controversial idea. right now in new york is

midwin charles a legal contributor of "in session" on trutv and also today in new york, jane velez-mitchell host of course of "issues" with jane velez-mitchell. and, jane, is also the author of this fine book "iwant." let's begin with dr. drew's explosive comments that is really causing a firestorm. he gave an interview on radaronline and offers up some pretty pointed advice to give lindsay lohan the help that he feels she may need. he says if she were my daughter i would pack her car full with illegal substances. send her on her way, call the police and make sure she was arrested. i would make sure she was not allowed to get out of jail. i would then go to the judge and make sure she was ordered to a minimum of a three-year sobriety program." as i said, what an outrageous idea. now, again, we don't know that lindsay lohan's actually battling a drug problem. but, jane, if she is outrageous as this sounds, is setting up

lindsay to get her thrown in jail too extreme, as you well know, sometimes you've got do radical things to get people help. >> sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do but i would say, a.j., if the court system had been doing it's job from the beginning cede number jail because she's gotten so many chances to slide. she's really been let off of the hook so many times. we all remember, just to cite one example that notorious 2007 high-speed chase down pch, where she allegedly chased the mother of an assistant who became so terrified, the woman called 911. she didn't do any serious jail time for that. >> yeah. >> so if the courts had locked her up with, she should had been locked up, that would have sent the right message. >> with that said, what dr. drew's suggesting is pretty outrageous. again, i keep using that word, but truly to load up her car with illegal drugs. now today dr. drew did defend his kmends. he said it would kill me but i would do it. today "showbiz tonight" spoke to lindsay lohan's dad, michael

lohan about what dr. drew said. this is what michael told us "i absolutely agree that a parent must go to any length to save their child. the time has come, and just like dr. drew said, it's time to help lindsay resurrect her life and her career." now, let's remember, lindsay's dad has had his own trouble with the law in the past. midwin charles, it seems to me, as good as it may do, it would be a pretty stupid idea for michael to take dr. drew's advice literally and pack lindsay's car full of drugs so she gets arrested even if it gets the job of helping her done. >> i don't know if dr. drew suggest that michael lohan do this literally. you have to go to serious and great lengths in order to prevent a family member from literally dying because of their drug abuse. think about it. if other celebrity's parents or family members had gone to such great lengths, perhaps they would still be here with us today. think of corey haim, michael jackson. >> yeah. >> i mean the list is endless. ane think that's the message he's really trying to send here.

>> but people tried to help both of those individuals, and you can't help somebody who refuses to get help. >> it's true. >> admit a problem and won't help themselves. >> the point is you have to go that extra mile, jane. you have to kind of go that extra -- as opposed to saying, don't do it. >> they did. >> why he's making such a radical suggestion because it certainly is a radical idea. now lindsay's dad, michael has been on the case to get lindsay help for years for now. since first being arrested for dwi. watch on what he said back on "larry king live" back in 2007. >> do you hold yourself at all responsible for what lindsay's going through. >> of course i did, if i didn't i would be a liar. i mean, everyone around lindsay especially her parents have a direct bearing onner life and i made some really stupid choices in my life. i made some mistakes. and i can -- i can definitely identified with what she's going through because when i was torn from my family i reacted the wrong way. >> now michael lohan has been accused in the past of taking advantage of his daughter's fame

for his own benefit. brooke, i do think that dr. drew's controversial opinion does validate what michael's been saying for years, that she need help. in your mind, do dr. drew's mice credibility now? >> yes, dr. drew has said, as a father, his heart goes out to michael lohan. michael lohan, who "deeply appreciates the dangers of this condition." and listen, until now, people have written michael lohan off as a loose cannon. someone who is very unpredictable, somebody who should stop spouting off personal information in the public, so i do think this adds some credibility to his claims about lindsay. dr. drew believes him and dr. drew is a well-respected addiction special. yeah, let's just hope, if she does need help, she gets it before it does turn into another -- one of those situations like we have seen all too frequently. let's move onto now another story making for big news breaking today. whitney houston's big comeback crisis. right now in the midst of performing in europe.

she's hitting one snag after another. there's even concern that whitney may need some help. her singing's just been getting slammed lately and this is one of the reasons why. ♪ and i -- i -- i -- i -- i will always love you ♪ oh oh ♪ >> all right look at all of the problems that whitney's had since she launched this tour. first she had to cancel some dates. she was hospitalized for what she called allergies. then all the bad reviews came. today she cancelled more dates. jane, seems to me this tour was a major mistake for whitney. what do you think? >> oh it's absolutely a fiasco. my ears are still ringing from that awful performance. look, i'm rooting for her, but one of the things about drug addiction and i'm not saying she's fallen off of the wagon, but one of the things about falling off the wagon is that people can tell. you can't keep the secret because it's in your eyes, it's

in your voice, it's in your entire demeanor. so you could say whatever you want but the truth will come out with your own actions. >> well, i'm among the people still rooting for whitney houston. move on now, kate gosselin's brand-new move that may be winning back her fans and actually helping her gain new fans on "dancing with the stars." she gave a revealing interview to joy behar right here on hln. kate revealed that being married to her ex, jon gosselin wasn't all that bad. watch this. >> it was all good times. it was good times, for the most part, and it was the beginning of our show and our kids were young and we were still a team and we were still pulling for the same things and we still wanted the same things and our goals were really the same there really. >> kate even cops to having a sharp tongue in the past and she was nasty to her ex at times. i'm actually thinking whether this is calculated or not a brilliant move. she's softening her image, midwin, and perhaps winning back people. do you think this is a brilliant move? >> i don't think it's a move. if you listen to her you could

tell the sincerity of her voice. i think she's at the point right now you know what i will let it all hang out, tell the truth and i think that's what we're hearing. >> she's evolving and i think in a positive way and who knows maybe she'll be around for a while and not because we love to hate her. now kate's dance moves on "dancing with the stars" not the only thing make headlines on that show. we're talking dancing romances. yes, love is in the air. but what's behind the red-hot rumors of romance on the set of "dancing with the stars"? midwin charles, jane velez-mitchell, thank you, both. >> thanks, a.j. "american idol's" new reality, first paula left, simon's leaving, and looking at the ratings so far this year, it looks like many viewers are leaving too. now the shocking, surprising results to our "showbiz tonight" exclusive poll, should paula return to the show? we're just moments away from revealing the incredible, final results. plus, the outrageous claim today from the man who says he is oprah's biological father. and the extraordinary efforts this 84-year-old man says he's

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love her after four weeks. >> football star chad ochocinco declares his love for his "dancing with the stars" partner cheryl burke practically every week on the show, but is it love or is it a big sham for ratings? tonight, "showbiz tonight" gets to the bottom of the "dancing with the stars'" romances, are they or aren't they? welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i'm a.j. hammer in new york with brooke anderson in hollywood. >> yeah, "dancing" romances, "dancing with the stars" is back today, and love is definitely in the air, but what's behind the red-hot rumors of romance on the set? erin andrew, chad ocho sink own and pamela anderson are firming up in the ballroom with their sexy dance partners? for real or for ratings? also just in today, brand-new reports say "american idol" producers are begging, begging, paula abdul to come back arch a rating's room bell with "dancing with the stars." "showbiz tonight" with brand-new evidence today that may have paula thinking twice. right now from new york is megan

alexander, who's a correspondent for "inside edition." and also in new york is ben ben whitticombe who also a journalist. meg and ben, no secret definitely a history of real romance on "dancing with the stars" but now we've got tons of speculation surrounding erin andrews and her dance partner, mak. check out what erin said on their hot romance on "the emlen degeneres show." >> is it a hot romance at all? is it a hot friendship? is it hot in any way? he it depends on what day you get us on. >> uh-huh. >> we -- we divorce every evening. >> there's usually -- because you're with each other for six to seven house, a day training and then you go off and you have dinner, you have breakfast or you have lunch. and after six, seven hours of training, this isn't hot. >> the no. >> so i don't know how hot this romance. >> they never really flat-out deny it. i never heard, no, ellen, we're not together. i think they know people like the fantasy whether it's true or

not. megan, despite the fact that they were downplaying having some sort of hot romance, do you think they actually want to keep this rumor going? because i do. it generates interest in them. and then that translates into votes. >> oh, brooke, i'm going to take this big whether it's paul newman and joanne woodward or faith hill and tim mcgraw, america loves to see two performers have chemistry and then a romance blossoms. i think erin and mak, and abc's very smart with this, i think they do have chemistry. i think they're using it to their advantage. i think they are cute together. i think that, you know, people love to see that, and it's fun for them not to give us too many details about it. because then we keep coming back for more. >> yeah. yeah, and i like that, megan, go big or go home, you know? speaking of that, nfl star chad ochocinco has made it no secret how he feels about his dance partner, cheryl burke. take a look at what he told "showbiz tonight" about a

gargantuum diamond ring that he put on cheryl cheryl's finger. >> that's a token of appreciation of the bull that she has to deal with nine hours a day for the past, what, month and a half? >> yeah, something like that. every single day but he wanted it on my ring finger for some reason. wanted people to know that -- i don't know. i guess, yes. >> this is a commitment. >> okay, if that's not fueling the romantic speculation, i don't know what is. i think they're definitely planning this up for the cameras. so, ben, strategic move for ratings or just a cute crush. >> oh, i think it's a very smart, strategic move on behalf of chad. you know he's such a charming guy and he understands this is a charm competition as much as anything else. you've got to keep the audience interested and the couples are also playing this game. america also loves being lied to a bad romance from rock hudson and his wife, to jennifer aniston and jared butler or fill in the blank of her latest ko-star is.

so i think he has a twinkle in his eye when he says it and we know that he's playing us long. >> yeah, keep us going. >> but, surprise, surprise, we did not hear back from abc as of show time tonight. all right, i've got to move on to more big news just in today. brand-new reports that "american idol" wants paula abdul back. this, after being beaten in the ratings by "dancing with the stars." late today, we got the results to our exclusive "showbiz tonight" poll. "american idol" ratings down. should paula abdul return to the show? slim difference, 48% say, yes. 52% say, foe. you know, i agree with the 52%. i think it might be wise for paula, leave the past behind her. start fresh. but megan, with simon leaving and paula possibly joining forces with him on "x-factor," quickly, should "idol" be afraid that it will lose a huge part of its fan base. >> absolutely. i think no looking back, she moves forward.

simon's got the moment. she goes to "x-factor." i think that the fans go with her. it could be a hit. i'll be watching. >> yeah, it could be a hit. i think that "idol" will remain a powerhouse but it does remain to be seen how it will stack up against simon's new show "x-factor." megan, ben, thank you. yeah, new details today about the man who claims to be oprah's biological father. he's an 894-year-old farmer, and today the incredible steps, this man says he's willing to take to prove he is the dad of oprah winfrey. he wants to tell the world. now the "showbiz tonight" news ticker, more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news today. al pacino finally reveals why he's never gotten married.

this longtime hollywood a-lister says he was not scared to play in the movie. but there is one thing that makes pacino scared, and that's walking down the aisle. in a new "60 minutes'" interview pacino tells katie couric he regrets getting married but the is out there, but he is glad that someone finally asked him why he never tied the knot. >> i don't know, but i will also say maybe i will one day or i'm a little young for marriage, you know. >> you have 9-year-old twins though. >>ly tei will tell you that i should have. >> who? >> i won't tell you, but i will say i made a mistake not to. >> he is the proud papa of 9-year-old twins. this is "showbiz tonight" news and views. hollywood ax-li-list brough

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tv's most-provocative entertainment news shower -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com reports that haleigh cummings dad has been told to prepare for her funeral. and plus cinderblocks pulled out of the dock. >> and they carried her to dock and tied a brick on the other end of the rope and throwed her in the river. this school suspended this girl for three days because she pointed her finger gun to a teacher. >> i had it like this. >> the school called it a terroristic threat. this hour, the student talks to "prime news."

i'm "hit girl." >> and the ninja assassin in the new movie is blowing off heads and -- >> it is empowerment. instead of being abused or molested, she is taking the vigilante role. >> empowered? she is throwing around the c-word, and slicing off limbs. empowerment is not teaching our girls to be violent. >> controversy, opinion, your point of view -- this is "prime news." welcome. this is "prime news" and i'm mike galanos, and we have breaking news in the case against casey anthony. the mom going on trial for her little daughter's murder, well, moments ago the florida judge strictland withdrew himself from the case. this because of a relationship of the judge and a blogger. casey's dream team moved to remove him. they say that the judge has a personal relationship with the blogger who is dave nickel and

the blogger has had headlines in the past saying that casey should die. and the blogger gave a shoutout in court, and even gave the blogger a call to wish him well when he was stick. again, judge strickland is off of the case. what does that mean for the murder trial? we will have that coming up. and any time now, we could learn what happened to little haleigh cummings. the little girl from satsuma, florida, who vanished a year ago. a short time ago, her father was told to make plans for the funeral. now we know what the cops found by the river, two cinderblocks. >> you think that haleigh died in this area? >> it is our belief that this is a very real possibility. >> look. >> tommy and joe took haleigh and wrapped a yellow rope around her, and carried her to the dock and tied a brick on the other end of the rope and throwed her into the river. >> i didn't notice about haleigh

then until i saw the back door open, and she is gone. na saul i know. >> she has come to realize that, you know, she is in trouble. >> as always, we take your calls. 1-877-tell-hln. right to the experts back with us. mike brooks is hln law enforcement analyst, and mariah schiavo, produce over the nancy grace show. and marlaina, i want to start with you. let's talk about the cinderblocks, what was it propping up the door at the house? >> that is right, mike. when this started a year ago misty kept saying that the back door was propped open with a cinderblock. they have since taken the cinderblock and tested it and they knew there were all of them sitting around the home, so they had access to plenty of cinderblocks if in fact there were some that were pulled out of the st. john's river last week. >> mike, evidence-wise, a couple

of cinderblocks is a term we are familiar with going back a year. >> well, it is a boat ramp and people use them as boat anchors and anything, and they pulled out two blocks and do they have anything -- and people have asked me today, could they compare this cinderblock with the cinderblock found possibly at the house? yes, they could take a look at the aggregate and what the makeup of the concrete is and the makeup of the cinderblock and say for sure it was or connected? most likely not. the other question i have been asked quite a bit, mike, if there was a, say, rope, like we hear from the mrs. hollars tied around the cinderblock and around little haleigh, and if there were any fibers on the cinderblock could they get something? possibly, but highly unlikely unless there was a big chunk tied on the rope, because we are talking about 14 months. if it was down in the silt, they could get that and match it up

to something found at a residence or some other evidence that we have not heard about so far in the case. >> from the evidence front, you not saying this is a big deal as far as proving guilt or what may have happened to little haleigh. >> right. >> let's connect some dots here. marlaina when we talked about early on in the investigation, didn't the dogs track her scent to the river? >> well, they tracked a scent to a point, not the river though, mike. they had given one of her pieces of clothing from the house and tracked it to a point and then completely lost her scent. >> mike, you want to weigh in on that? >> well, she is absolutely right, marlaina is absolutely right. they got a track and thought it was significant and went out over to property and across some railroad tracks and then down a road to the side of the railroad tracks and stopped there. then they picked up another track a little bit ways away

from the house, but that didn't lead to anything either. >> again, we are waiting to find out definitively what happened. t the latest story is from flora hollars on the nancy grace show after a conservation with misty thursday morning about a rope and brick tied around little haleigh and we listen to that comment. >> what i was told by misty this morning was that tommy and joe took haleigh and wrapped a yellow rope around her and carried her to the dock and tied a brick around the bottom of the other end of the rope and throwed her into the river. now, that come from misty's mouth into my ear. >> all right. again, that was flora hollars last week talking on the "nancy grace show" and marlaina has she said anything since? she was very talkative? anything since? >> abchutely. she sticks by the story, mike, but contrary to what she is saying, tommy croslin's lawyer

is saying that tommy is the one who led police with another private investigator to this place where they searched. so hr sto so, her story is staying absolutely the same. >> guys we want to know more of what happened with little haleigh and what is going on with rob being told to reportedly prepare for the funeral. >> it is hard to believe that she didn't know more, and if she did, she is not talking, especially like have her locked up like me, because this is driving you crazy. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. and you can get a big deal on last-minute flights, too. while everyone else's prices are on the rise, priceline finds the empty seats to save you up to 50% off published fares when you name your own price. big last-minute savings from the home of the big deal.

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involved in this, and i don't know why, but i'd sure like to know why. they have no remorse or something, but nobody decided to say anything until i got tommy on the phone sunday and yes, i called the detectives, and yes, i sent them to the river. >> that is the grandmother of misty croslin and her brother tommy, and the cousin joe overstreet, and that is flora hollars saying she is the tipster who broke this open, as we have been following this ever since last week when a massive search for little haleigh ensued. we are taking the calls at 1-877-tell-hln. mark with us in wisconsin. mark, comment or question here? >> in regards to the phone calls made from the jail, from misty -- >> yes. >> caller: i assume those were recorded, and have the investigators began perusing over the phone calls to verify?

>> mike, will that phone call be recorded? >> it would be. we have seen everything on the anthony case being recorded from orange county, so i believe it is the same in putnam county. but they are not saying a word of what they have evidence-wise, mike. so sheriff hardy is keeping all of the evidence close to his vest. >> let's bring in the criminal defense attorney drew fenling, and one thing, let's pick up on the caller about the phone calls, and also, did you find it odd at all that misty was taken to the dock without a lawyer present? >> caller: well, regarding the phone calls, we know how liberal florida is in not only recording, but publishing the recording, and we can expect them to be reviewed if they are simultaneously recording them. also, taking her to the dock is the equivalent of taking a

statement from somebody, and the affirmative or negative response is like making a statement. so, that is very difficult for me to understand. you know, as far as what is going on, i have to tell you that i really confer with mike brooks that i am not seeing a lot that terribly moves me. so that means that i look at this as one of two scenarios. o one, in the high publicity cases, sometimes people spend their whole lives in anonymity, but because they are a relative or something, and they want their 15 minutes and a year later they want 15 minutes, so they inject information out there and they are back on tv. that is one possibility. and another, and they mike will agree with me, is that sometimes a undercurrent begins and the case is ready to crack, and you cannot put your finger on it, because the police are silent, but the momentum is building, and that may be what is happening. because they know something is happening, and boosted with

confidence and everyone around them is feeling it, and maybe we are on the verge of something. >> that is what i get from mike. and marlaina, we mentioned there were reports for ron to prepare for little haleigh's funeral. do you have anything on that? >> well, i spoke to his attorney today, and he was told something like that, but that is as far as they will go, mike. there is nothing else beyond, but you have to remember that they switched this to a homicide investigation from a missing persons case, so that is a big part of it. >> yeah, that is one of the chilling quotes that they were comfortable calling this a homicide. >> with the and thrthropologist the scene, and possibly they found bones. >> yes, you picked up on that mike. what happened to a 13-year-old girl who shoots her finger gun? you decide. a school suspended this teen for three days because she point herd finger gun at a teacher.

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welcome back to "prime news" on hln. a florida teen was beaten into a coma and underwent a third brain surgery as doctors repaired josie ratley's skull after wane tree si attacked her back in mar 67, and punching and kick her and putting on steel towed boots for the attack. the family is thankful as josie came out of a medically-induced coma. the family shared coverage of the recovery today. she can sit up and respond and has limited use of the right arm and hands and fingers, but she cannot speak or walk or swallow.

the mother hilda solis says she cries a lot. >> she is confused and she does not know why she is there, and that is why when the crying comes in, because she doesn't know why she is there, you know. and of course, she has a lot of headaches, too. >> we mentioned it, 15-year-old wayne treasy is being charged as a murder to commit murder, and he was upset about a text that josie sent about his brother's suicide. and also a 13-year-old girl who was an accomplice in the beating will be charged as well. and now a dad takes his daughter to a local skatepark with no idea he would be fighting off a brutal attack. our affiliate fills in the

blanks here for us. >> getting hit with a skateboard is like getting hit with a baseball bat and it is hurting pretty bad when you are hit by a bun bunch. >> reporter: dave who doesn't want to give his last name say he was attacked at a skateboard park. >> they were like sharks circling or the a bite. >> reporter: he says he was a bystander, and chased another man and then he became the target. >> i asked what was going on and that is all that it took. >> reporter: his bruised eye is minor. >> i have several staples up here and stitches in the elbow. >> reporter: but the most painful are the fractures to the back and the more serious are the bruises to the brain. >> i had my helmet on and hit main the head many times. >> reporter: all while the 11-year-old daughter and two teenaged sons looked on

helplessly. >> i could hear my children screaming for me. >> reporter: by the time police arrived the attackers had left. >> the deputy is trying to get as many witnesses to come in and find out what motivated this crowd to act like they did. >> reporter: and dave wants some arrests before he gets back on the board. >> i enjoy going back to the park, but there may be a day i go back, but not any time soon. >> reporter: some people say it gets rough around the edges here at night and they have seen other fight, and police say they plan to step up patrols as they investigate what happened. annika brar ra, kmgh news. and also on this story, i'm all for kids being kept in line at school, but when a 13-year-old kid points a finger gun in class, you think that is not a major infraction, but yet a school in houston, texas, says it was investigated and not a joke, and not playful, and the

girl got suspended for three days. the school says she commited a terroristic act on par with selling drugs at school. call us at 1-877-tell-hln, and joining me is the student. taylor, thanks for being with us. explain what happened in clas. >> well, towards the end of class, we were playing a game pretending to be police officers, and i guess my teacher took it the wrong way. >> okay. how does your teacher react? >> reporte . >> caller: well, she reacted sternly and i don't believe for one second she thought she was afraid for her life. >> well, we want to hear from you. you know the number, 1-877-tell-hln. [ wheezing ] i have asthma. and that's what it sounded like when my symptoms came back. i'd get this tightness in my chest. like i was breathing through a straw. so i went back to my doctor again. we talked about choices in controller medicines.

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we are following breaking news. florida's most notorious mom, casey anthony, going on trial, and for allegedly murdering her daughter, little caylee, and she going to go on trial without judge stan strictland because minutes ago he pulled himself off of the case. friday, casey's dream team filed a motion to boot him. this drama has to do with some relationship that the judge had with a blogger following the case. the blogger had written headlines like casey anthony should die, and casey is facing the death penalty for the daughter of little caylee's death. and bloggers are writing in saying that the defense will do anything to prolong this case. and others say he was a good

judge for the case. and mcghee says if he can cause a mistrial, he should go. and a mixed bag there. and joining us is beth kares, from court tv. what did you see in this relationship with judge stan strictland? >> well, he had a communication with the blogger, and the problem is that he initiated them. this is a blogger who the judge said was being very fair. he thought the the blogger researched the facts and thought he was fair to both sides, but the blogger named dave neckle and uses the name marinade dave did take positions periodically in the blog, and one of them was "casey must die." and another one referred to her guilt in that sooner or later, she is a footnote in history when she spends the rest of her life in prison, and so for the

judge to say, i read your blog and i think that you are fair, sounds like maybe he is saying that i agree with the things that you are saying, and it doesn't matter if the judge told casey to her face, i can be fair, i am a good judge, it doesn't matter what is going on in his head, but what is going on in her head and if she thought he might not be fair, he needed to recuse himself. >> so, beth, as this unfolded, you were not surprised by his recusal? >> no, not at all. we know of two communications he had with the blogger, and the second one in february this year when the blogger was in the hospital and the judge reached out to him afterwards and hoped that he was well. the judge does not even address that in the order. he does say though that the defense was aware for months about the earlier communication done in open court in front of everyone at the end of the hearing and in fact, caught on camera, but a source close to the case told me that these two contacts that we are aware of may not be the only ones between the judge and the blogger. >> okay. a call in, hazel from

pennsylvania. your thoughts on this development? >> caller: yes, i am. >> go ahead, hazel. >> caller: well, i want to say that the judge should not have resigned. what they are trying to do is to keep delaying this case for all of these simple things hoping that people will mellow out, and nobody will mellow out what she did to her daughter no, way. >> thank you, beth. we have a new judge, belvin perry? >> well, he has been a judge for a long time and i covered a death penalty case with one of the same prosecutors on the casey anthony's team years ago, and the judge sent the person in that case to death row. and he is a no-nonsense judge. i do not believe that the trial schedule will be affected. it is 13 months ago, and the judge has a lot of work to do, but it won't be delayed, i don't believe. >> i want to bring in my colleague, jane velez-mitchell,

and you see this, stan strickland out and belvin perry out. >> well, it throws a hand grenade into case, and it is chaos. this case would not start until next may of 2011 with this judge and imagine now that they have a new judge to read up on the case, and it is absolutely a bombshell. it really is. i mean, this is the most dramatic development we have seen since the case started. we have seen plenty of dramatic developments. i thought that the judge's motion was absolutely brilliantly written. filled with sarcasm saying basically, you can take the case, here, have it. i will give it to you, like, i don't need this kind of grief. and essentially, his position is that this exchange between him and the blogger happened in open court, and that it was videotaped and everybody saw it and heard about it, and hethe f about it for months and suddenly decided to use it and play this

card. now, i don't know whether it is a absolutely brilliant move by the defense or an absolutely crazy move that is going to backfire. none of us will know that until we see how the new judge is operating, and whether or not he is going to be as fair as many felt judge strickland was. so, it really could be a brilliant move or it could be a fiasco for the defense. we don't know yet. >> beth, do you see this as a defense strategy to go after the judge strickland like this with the motion? >> well, it is part of the strategy, but they have grounds the do it based upon what they learned. they were certainly displeased with the last ruling by the judge, a couple of weeks ago when he said that they cannot have copies of the texas equusearch documents and they cannot take a pen and paper to go in to look at the notes to or take the documents, but they can look at them and flag some of to documents to be questionable and maybe get a copy. i am told by the lawyers in

florida that is very unusual situation, and based on my practice, also, i find that strange. >> okay. than you, beth for the time, and jane, we will be watching "issues" coming up. >> we will have the latest then. >> jane, we will be watching at the top of the hour. and ben roethlisberger was not charged again in a sexual assault in the georgia nightclub, but the nfl is set to punish him anyway and if not that, the steelers are going to punish him. so many are watching this to see how the superstar is going to be treated. is he going to be treated the same as african-american athletes have been in the past. what should the league do? are you watching? call in 1-877-tell-hln. @@@@@@@@@

welcome back to "prime news" on hln. the police will not charge nfl star quarterback ben roethlisberger in the sexual assault in a georgia nightclub, but he still many believe will be punished.

any time roger goodell could announce punishment for ben roethlisberger for violating the nfl's conduct code, if you will. and so, what will happen to ben roethlisberger? what should happen? we will take your calls at 1-877-tell-hln. you know the more we hear about some of the details from the accuser, and even without an arrest, it is an embarrassment for the league to say the least, the pittsburgh steelers and now many are watching and wondering if this white superstar, athlete will be treated the same as black athletes caught in past. is race a part of this? call in 1-877-tell-hln. joining us to talk about this is a sportscaster and former trial attorney ellis.

and it is true that white athletes are treated differently? >> well, it is talked about not just locally, but nationally, about the definitional long different lines and one of them is the racial lines. one of them is the personal conduct policy and the commissioner and how he has applied it previously, so it did not start with ben roethlisberger, but it is definitely something taking on a higher profile since ben's incident occurred. locally, it is of great concern for obvious reasons, because there in the steelers' locker room and speaking to the media the other day, just after the steelers traded santonio holmes, and santonio holmes being an african-american player and only traded for a fifth-round draft choice had a lot of people scratching their hair to begin with, and then the concern of how this will play out relative to ben. so there is a concern locally and nationally. >> well, locally with the pittsburgh steelers, they have done a lot as far as

advancements for minority coaches, and it is the rooney rule when there is a opening in the nfl, a minority coach will get an interview, and also, the pittsburgh steelers hired an african-american coach mike tomlin to take over the super bowl champs, so talk about that side of it, the steelers and the rooneys and what they have done. >> well, this is not an organization you look at for racial inequity, and for the reasons that you point out with those two examples alone that the steelers have stood for something different through the course of the time, and ownership, and the decades that that has taken place, and certainly, they have had experiences like other organizations with people doing bad acts, but by and large, the steelers do not just pride themselves, but operate under a different standard of expectations, so when you recognize the rooney rool and how it has advanced the sport and has been applied in a de facto way outside of football,

and other organizations, you understand the breadth and power of that. and clearly hiring mike tomlin who clearly had no head coaching experience. >> okay. let's bring in reverend al sharpton to talk about this. as you watch it unfold, how much do you think that race is playing into this and how much or not? >> well, we have seen athletes in the nba and the nfl and others have seen blacks subjected to some kind of punishment, and i think that a lot of people will see if there is an equal treatment. now, the situation here is that he has not been charged, but there has been some conduct alleged. so, as long as this, it is the same kind of reaction from goodell that we would have seen across the board, race won't play a factor, but if it is seen as different, it will, and the most anyone should ask for is

equal and fair treatment. we should not excuse bad behavior for blacks or whites burk i don't think that we should punish one and not the others. i challenged gilbert arenas when i thought he was wrong, but i don't know that going to jail was required, but in this particular case, there is no charges, but there is clearly bad behavior here. and what is the proper way that goodell handles bad behavior? we will have to see, but it is also the same way he handled bad behavior from black athletes. >> well, reverend, i think he will get four-game suspension and opportunity with conditions and counseling and monitoring maybe down to two games, and if something like that comes down, would you be satisfied? >> i would compare it to similar situations, and if in fact, there is not a pattern of it being different when it is black athletes being involved, then we will have to raise that. again, we will have see what he comes with and match it against the record. the public reaction and there

were a lot of people who felt that michael vick was demonized and race was brought up unfairly at that point, but i don't think that we seek to be unfair to this gentleman, because he is not black, but we also don't want to see an unfairness if there is a pattern that shows anything different, but i don't think that we should pre-judge the pattern. i think that it is correct though to say that a lot of people will be watching, because race was brought up before. race was brought up in vick. >> okay. now, thanks, again. ellis, your thoughts? we expected the decision by, we believe, wednesday, and do you expect two to four games? >> well, i suspect that the league is going to ply this in a way that is heavier than lighter which may give them the flexibility. i think that they are fully aware of the concerns are being discuss here this evening and elsewhere. they are fully aware of the cases to be in effect to punish ben and fully prepare the case to defend what they are doing.

i think they the black and white is an issue, but matching the offense and the crime and so-to-speak the punishment is even more important. >> consistency is what we want. reverend al sharpton and ellis canon, thank you. new controversy over a new movie. take a look. >> i'm hit girl. >> the ninja assassin in the new movie, "kick-ass" and blowing off heads. >> it is an empowerful. a young girl, instead of being abused or molested, she takes the vigilante role. >> empowered? she is using the c-word and slicing off limbs. empowerment is not teaching our girls to be violent. when you pursue an mba at devry university's...

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girl and you just saw her. >> who are you? >> i'm hit girl. >> there she is, hit girl. she does supposedly a great job in her role, and cusses up a streak, and she is seen mutilating and killing with no emotion, and is this too much? over the line here? again, she is 11 or 11 in the r she's 13 now. 1877 tell hln is the number. we welcome you from parentdish.com. and also the author of "the a to z guide in raising happy, confident kids." i'm hoping parents wise up. i still think parents and kids will be duped and think this is kind of a kid movie. if an eight or 10-year-old were to see this, how bad? it is violent. >> i think it would be terrible for an 8 or 10-year-old to see

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of what we've done, and also proud of my baseball friends who have done so much. >> i don't think there's a better venue in america to help boys become men and girls become women than through sports. coaches are influential to young people. it becomes a responsibility to help them grow and mature in a positive way. >> have a great coach that was in my life. i think with the cal ripken senior foundation is working with young people, teaching them life says sons, and being a valuable as set in the community. >> want to hear from police officers and teachers, we know we're making a difference. >> to learn how to get involved, check out ripkenfoundation.org to. learn more about your community, check out on demand and click get local. for comcast on the red carpet,

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